Market • August 17, 2024 12:05 PM EDT Posted 1 minute earlier ~ in Investment firm Franklin Templeton filed Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, proposing a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would hold both bitcoin and ether and trade under the ticker EZPZ. The ETF, called the Franklin Crypto Index ETF, would initially hold an as-yet-unspecified allocation of Bitcoin and Ether, weighted by the market capitalization of each digital asset. The proposed fund would use Coinbase as its digital asset custodian. According to the S-1 filing, the fund could add additional digital assets to…
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Is there any difference between testnet and mainnet PSBT? Or is it enough to cover all edge cases for test vectors created on mainnet in unit tests?
Tony Kim 17 Aug 2024 10:55 AssemblyAI has updated its Speaker Diarization model for better accuracy and multilingual support, along with a new tutorial for developers. AssemblyAI recently released a significant update to its Speaker Diarization model, increasing accuracy by 13% and expanding support for five languages. According to AssemblyAI, these improvements are designed to more accurately identify speakers in audio recordings, making transcription and analysis more useful, especially in customer service applications.Feature Spotlight: Speaker DiaryThe updated Speaker Diarization model, released in June 2024, aims to streamline the process of distinguishing different speakers in…
Bitcoin (BTC) has been in a sideways price action for months, but that hasn’t stopped institutional investors from buying. According to K33 Research’s Chief Analyst, Beth Lunde, more than 262 new companies invested in U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Q2 2024.It’s encouraging to see that institutional investors have largely maintained or increased their positions. Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s chief investment officer, wrote in a post on X that 44% of asset managers increased their Bitcoin ETF positions, while 22% kept them the same. Only 13% liquidated their positions, while the remaining 21% reduced their positions. Hougan called this “a…
Ethereum price struggled to break above the $2,750 resistance level. ETH is currently consolidating near $2,635 and is at risk of further downside. Ethereum is down again from the $2,750 resistance level. The price is trading below $2,700 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. A major contracting triangle has broken with support at $2,695 on the ETH/USD hourly chart, according to data provided by Kraken. Losses could be magnified if the pair falls below the $2,635 support zone. Ethereum price falls again Ethereum price started a decent uptrend from the $2,650 support zone. ETH outperformed Bitcoin and broke above…
In its Bitcoin Mining report released today, Bernstein rates Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, IREN, and Core Scientific as “outperform,” and Marathon Digital as “market perform.”An Outperform rating is a positive assessment by an analyst suggesting that the stock will outperform the market or sector. Conversely, a Market Perform rating is a neutral assessment indicating average expected performance.The evaluation is based on five key metrics: production and hash rate, operational and energy efficiency, power, hash cost, and each company’s AI strategy.According to Bernstein, the three largest Bitcoin producers are Marathon, Core Scientific, and CleanSpark, the latter two standing out in terms of…
Timothy Morano 17 Aug 2024 12:08 GAMEE, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has received investment from TON Ventures to integrate TON-based digital assets and expand the Web3 gaming ecosystem. GAMEE, a high-engagement Web3 and mobile gaming platform and subsidiary of Animoca Brands, announced that it has received a strategic investment from TON Ventures, the first venture fund of The Open Network (TON). According to Animoca Brands, this investment will strengthen GAMEE’s ecosystem by integrating TON-based digital assets, including tokens and NFTs, into GAMEE’s products. Investments to drive integration and user engagement TON Ventures’ investment…
Many modern cryptocurrencies have their own supporting foundations, but the Dogecoin Foundation particularly stands out for its peculiar history, unique contributions, and once-divisive nature within its own community. As many people are aware, Dogecoin (DOGE) started as a joke, but surprisingly, it took off like a rocket in little to no time after its debut. As a result, the Dogecoin Foundation arrived on the scene to help develop Dogecoin while also making it more accessible, though achieving this has been far from easy. What Is the Dogecoin Foundation?The Dogecoin Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating Dogecoin’s technical growth and promoting its…
Startup Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) has leveraged Coinbase’s Base network for its Space Summer NFT drop, giving buyers a chance to secure a seat on a Blue Origin flight to low Earth orbit aboard the New Shepard rocket.As part of the cryptocurrency exchange’s “On-Chain Summer,” citizen science organization SERA will mint three space-themed tokens on the Base Layer 2 network. Purchasing the NFTs will give holders access to SERA’s astronaut recruitment program, which will be available online in the coming weeks.NFT holders will be eligible to win one of six seats reserved by SERA on the upcoming mission…
TL;DR (concentrated takeaways)Managing passwords is challenging! Passwords must be kept secure from prying eyes (but also be readily available to you).”Secrets” to be stored in password managers may include passwords, PINs, encryption keys, answers to “secret questions,” and other sensitive data.Multi-word passphrases are longer than most passwords … and can be better because they can be more rememberable.There are many password manager tools available, and each has functional tradeoffs.Consider strategies to avoid “putting all your eggs in one basket.” After choosing a password manager, you must carefully consider how to backup the master password to access it! Do you have…